Synopsis

Project 10 is a series of narrative documentary films exploring intimate and personal experiences of 10 years of freedom in South Africa. Comprising 13 documentaries commissioned and developed by South African public broadcaster, SABC 1, in partnership with the National Film and Video Foundation, South Africa and the Maurits Binger Film Institute, the films were shot over one year and included a developmental workshop and training programme.

Shorts

Being Pavarotti Director: Odette Geldenhuys

Belonging Director: Minky Schlesinger & Kethiwe Ngcobo

The Meaning of the Buffalo Director: Karin Slater

Hot Wax Director: Andrea Spitz

Home (Ikhaya) Director: Omelga Hlengiwe Mthiyane

Mix Director: Rudzani Dzuguda

Nabantwa Bam (With my Children) Director: Khulile Nxumalo

Solly’s Story Director: Asivhanzhi Mathaba

The Devil Breaks My Heart 10 Years Later Director: Lederle Bosch

Through The Eyes of My Daughter Director: Zulfah Otto-Sallies

Yeoville Director: Sello Molefe

Cinderella of the Cape Flats Director: Jane Kennedy

Umgidi (Shadow Dancing) Director: Gillian Schutte & Sipho Singiswa

Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival – World Premiere, 2004

South African Film Festival, New York, 2004

Sundance Film Festival, 2004

IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), 2004

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2004

Tribeca International Film Festival, 2004

Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, Switzerland, 2004

Kerala Film Festival, India, 2004

Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2004

Beeld Voor Beeld, Amsterdam, 2004

SA Embassy, Jamaica, 2004

Milan Africano Film Festival, Milan, 2004

Festival De Rio, Brazil, 2004

Black Harvest Film Festival, Chicago, 2004

CPH: DOX Film Festival, Copenhagen, 2004

11th International Womens’ Film Festival Torino, Italy, 2004

Awards

Best South African Documentary (Being Pavarotti) - Durban International Film Festival, 2004